Bears rookie Roquan Smith had national title game jersey and iPad with playbook stolen

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Roquan Smith (Georgia) with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell after being selected as the number eight overall pick to the Chicago Bears in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft at AT&T Stadium.(Photo: Tim Heitman, USA TODAY Sports)

Chicago Bears rookie linebacker Roquan Smith had his Georgia Bulldogs national championship jersey returned to him by the Athens-Clarke (Ga.) County Police on Tuesday night after several memorabilia items were stolen from his car on May 5 in Summerville, Ga.

Smith's team-issued iPad, however, was stolen but not returned. The iPad featured the Bears' playbook in it. Bears vice president of communications Brandon Faber​ said Monday that the team erased all information from the password-protected iPad.

Smith, the Bears' first-round draft pick in last month's NFL draft, also had a Georgia helmet and several game-worn jerseys from bowl games stolen — memorabilia items listed as "great sentimental value" on the police report and valued over $40,000 apiece.

Athens-Clarke County Police found a fingerprint on Smith’s car and were able to trace it to a Summerville teenager who attends the University of Georgia. Police did not release the name of the individual.

Smith posted a video on social media on Wednesday morning expressing relief.

"I'd like to thank everyone for their kind words and prayers as police worked very hard to identify individual responsible for this," he said in the short video. "Due to the prompt attention by Athens-Clarke County Police, I was able to recover most of my items."